Senior Contract Manager

Siemens; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Mobility India (SMO India) seeks a Senior Contract Manager in Commercial Law to partner with the SMO India business, providing practical, strategically aligned legal advice and contract management.

Based at Kalwa, Navi Mumbai, you will advise on strategic, commercial, regulatory matters and lead contract administration, claims, variations, and disputes, drawing on 8–10 years PQE in top law firms or in-house.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified lawyer with Indian legal background.
• 8-10 years PQE in relevant field.
• Experience in leading law firm or in-house department.
• Excellent communication across levels and geographies.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice to SMO India management on strategic, commercial, and regulatory matters.
• Provide contract management support including obligations, claims, variations, delays, liquidated damages, terminations.
• Lead identification and resolution of contractual claims, develop strategies.
• Manage litigation, dispute resolution and investigations.

Skills

PQE 8-10 years

Cross-functional communication

Contract administration

Legal analysis

Commercial awareness

AI in legal processes

Education

Indian legal qualification

Job description

Senior Contract Manager - Commercial Law

Are you looking for a workplace where innovation drives everyday work? Siemens Mobility India (SMO India) is a leading provider of intelligent, sustainable, and futureready railways and metro solutions. With a strong presence across India and deep integration into Siemens global ecosystem of technology, engineering, and digitalization, we operate in a fastevolving market that demands strategic legal insight and commercial acumen. Our portfolio spans Signaling, electrification, Rolling Stock, and services for both Indian Railways and Metro that help customers enhance operational reliability, optimize energy efficiency, and build resilient infrastructure.

The Legal function plays a pivotal role is advancing the strategic priorities of SMO India by enabling complex commercial transactions, supporting innovative projects, ensuring compliance, and safeguarding longterm business interests. If you are ready to help shape the future of SMO India by partnering closely with business leaders to drive growth and manage risk, then you have come to the right place!

Join our Legal team as Senior Contract Manager Commercial Law, based at our Kalwa location in Navi Mumbai.

Your new role

impactful and future-oriented.

In this role, you will be a member of the Legal team of Siemens India and the trusted Legal business partner for the SMO India Business. You will contribute directly to the success of the business by providing practical, strategic, and commercially attuned legal advice and contract management support.

Your key responsibilities:

• Be fully responsible for providing legal advice to the management of SMO India on strategic, commercial, and regulatory matters.


• Provide contract management support and strategic advice on contractual obligations, claims, variations, delays, liquidated damages, terminations, and other key contract administration matters.


• Lead the identification, evaluation, documentation, and resolution of contractual claims, including developing claim strategies, maintaining claim records, and supporting negotiations.


• Efficiently manage and provide strategic guidance on litigation, dispute resolution matters and investigations.

Your qualifications —

excellent and proven in practice.

You are a fully qualified lawyer with excellent academic credentials. An Indian legal background is a prerequisite.

You have:

• 8 - 10 years PQE (as a guide) in the relevant fields of work, acquired in a leading law firm and/or in-house department.


• Ability to adaptively and effectively communicate across management levels, geographies, and cultures.


• Profound legal and contract administration expertise in business-critical legal and contractual topics.


• Strong business acumen and customer focus while always maintaining highest ethical standards.


• Strong analytical skills, results-oriented working mode and hands-on mentality.


• Ambition to optimize and simplify in-house legal advice through artificial intelligence, standardization, and harmonization.